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United Launch Alliance announced that the launch of an Atlas V carrying the NROL-36 payload as well as 11 cubesats was successful. The rocket lifted off on 13 September 2012 at 2339 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA.Other Posts:Goodrich’s ORS-1 satellite completes its first year in spaceORS-1 arrives at MARSLaunch date set for NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellitesUpdate: TSAT programme partially scrappedINSAT-4CR orbit raised after ‘dramatic’ launchEurockot Launches Korean SatelliteSecond German milcomsat declared operationalCombating Busy Schedules and Stress With Satellite TV and DVR

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Globalstar, Inc., and satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space (TAS) announced the signing of a contract for the manufacture and delivery of six additional satellites for the Globalstar second-generation constellation.Other Posts:GSLV failure blamed on regulator in strap-on boosterGeoEye Warns Of Further Delay For GeoEye-1Aerojet delivers 50th flight-ready solid rocket booster to United Launch AllianceVinasat-1 arrives at KourouIs It Cheaper to Buy a Universal Remote for Your TV or Replace a Lost Original Remote Control?INSAT-4CR placed in near-geosynchronous orbitCritical Design Review for SBIRS GEO 3 and 4 completedAfrica Wants In On GMES Initiative

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Rocket: Atlas V; Payload: NROL-36; Date: 13 September 2012, 2139 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The rocket lifted off as planned. However, the mission entered a news blackout five minutes after lift-off so that no further information was available at the time of writing this.
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The German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Space Administration announced that Astrium Friedrichshafen will be the prime contractor for the definition phase of the DEOS (Deutsche Orbitale Servicing Mission, German orbital servicing mission) project. The order is worth a total of around EUR13 million. The definition phase is the last, decisive step before construction begins on the space vehicles themselves.
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